内蒙卓资县属于山、老、穷县,总人口24万,少数民族占1.8%。1983年,国家机关行政工作人员已达1416人,由国家财政负担的行政事业人员达4451人,与全县人口之比为1:50。全县行政事业费中的人头费与本级财政收入基本持平(行政事业费中人头费部分为359万元,当年全县财政收入365万元)。行政管理费的年增长率超过同期财政支出增长率4个百分点。人员的急剧增加,给县级财政造成巨大压力。而且,行政事业单位中的相当一部分人员没有经过专门训练,难以胜任本职工作,形成了一方面人浮于事,另一方面依靠招聘大量集体人员来开展工作的现象。为了从根本上改变这种状况,继1984年全国性的机构改革后,卓资县先后三次精减了机 Zhuozi County in Inner Mongolia belongs to the mountains, old and poor counties, with a total population of 240,000 and ethnic minorities accounting for 1.8%. In 1983, the number of administrative staff of state organs reached 1416, and the number of administrative personnel burdened by state finance reached 4451, a ratio of 1:50 to that of the entire county. The administrative expenses in the county head expenses and the level of financial income is basically the same (administrative expenses in the head part of 3590000 yuan, the county fiscal revenue of 3650000 yuan). The annual growth rate of administrative expenses over the same period the growth rate of fiscal expenditure by 4 percentage points. The sharp increase in personnel has caused tremendous pressure on county finance. Moreover, a considerable part of the personnel in the administrative units have not been specially trained to be competent in their own work, resulting in the phenomenon that on the one hand people are caught up and on the other hand they rely on recruiting a large number of collective personnel to carry out their work. In order to fundamentally change this situation, following the national institutional reform in 1984, Zhuozi County has streamlined the machine three times